What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49979 and 49984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49979 and 49984 is 1.

GCF(49979,49984) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49979 and 49984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49979 and 49984.

How to find the GCF of 49979 and 49984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49979 and 49984. After we will calculate the factors of 49979 and 49984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49979

Prime factors of 49979 are 23, 41, 53. Prime factorization of 49979 in exponential form is:

49979 = 23¹ × 41¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49984

Prime factors of 49984 are 2, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 49984 in exponential form is:

49984 = 2⁶ × 11¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 49979

List of positive integer factors of 49979 that divides 49979 without a remainder.

1, 23, 41, 53, 943, 1219, 2173

Step-4: Factors of 49984

List of positive integer factors of 49984 that divides 49979 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 64, 71, 88, 142, 176, 284, 352, 568, 704, 781, 1136, 1562, 2272, 3124, 4544, 6248, 12496, 24992

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49979 and 49984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49979 and 49984 is 1.

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